INSOMNIA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1746, 26 July 1884, Page 2

INSOMNIA.

A remarkable case of " insomnia" is at present exciting much interest at Wheeling, Western Virginia. A ship carpenter, by name Joseph Saulsbury, has not slept an hour at a time, nor more than ten hours in all, since the Ist of January; yet he is, it is stated, " sound and healthy," and works every day at his trade with no relaxation of vigor. When these facts first became known it was suspected that Saulsbury was an impostor, who merely wished to gain notoriety. Two persons were, therefore, appointed to watch him every night after his work, Their report is that he manifests no desire to sleep, but spends tho night reading and smoking, and is apparently as fresh in the morning as though he bad just risen from a sound night's rest. Several physicians have since taken it in turn to sit up all night with Saulsbury, and are quite at a loss to account for this strange phenomenon, It is more than ninety days since Saulsbury went to bed. He declares that he has now lost all desire for repose, and was never better in his life.